Man let me tell you... I bought 1000 ft roll of 12G and used it a few years back. I made some jig that helped somewhat. But this time, I fenced another area a few days back without one. Don't know what I was thinking. OMG, I had the largest mess of wire sprawled out on the pasture. It was comical having to pull each strand out of the mess over and over to get a small garden enclosed. After its tangled its pretty much over. Wish I had a picture so you could laugh with me. This is a must!

Bought this a couple of years ago and used it for several fencing projects. The wingnuts never stayed tight and stripped out after the first couple uses...I replaced them with galvanized bolts and locking washers with no problems since. The soil needs to be very firm...we live on sand so once your start pulling out the wire, the whole thing leans over immediately and hits the ground because the spike only goes in the ground for about 6" or so. The area also needs to be very flat as it sits very low to the ground. I built a wood cross-shaped stand with a single 2x4x8 for this to raise it up and stabilize it for any soil condition. Other than that, there's been no rust or bends in the product, but it's only usable on flat hard soil conditions the way it comes.